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Common Pottia

Tortula truncata

7,130Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan770
Feb615
Mar604
Apr274
May120
Jun145
Jul291
Aug515
Sep790
Oct1,108
Nov1,037
Dec780

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales361
2Cornwall England337
3Norfolk England333
4Suffolk England276
5Ceredigion Wales229
6Carmarthenshire Wales220
7Devon England219
8Somerset England193
9Monmouthshire Wales171
10Cambridgeshire England148
11Worcestershire England134
12Gloucestershire England132
13Northamptonshire England126
14Powys Wales115
15Isle of Anglesey Wales115
4,816 England566 Scotland1,639 Wales107 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,130
Peak month
October
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Tortula truncata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,392
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
Name with authority
Tortula truncata (Hedw.) Mitt.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15249460 · GBIF 5280675